Riding the boundary to fix the fence

You might not think a fence needs much work to keep it in good condition.

But there's one that keeps a few men and women busy.

The dog fence, which stretches from South Australia through New South Wales and into Queensland, was put up to protect livestock from being attacked by wild dogs and dingos in the south eastern part of the country.

Phyllis Ploenges is a boundary rider on the dog fence, which means she covers about 100 kilometres of the fence checking that it is in working order.

She says there is always jobs to do along the fence.

"I don't have a day where I don't have job to do.

"We get damage from dogs or dingoes, pigs, kangaroos, emus, eagles..all trying to get to something on the other side of the fence."